by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

It was raining hard in 'Frisco I needed one more fare to make my night A lady up ahead waved to flag me down She got in at the lights "Oh, where you going to, my lady blue?" It's a shame you ruined y

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

The little boy went first day of school He got some crayons and he started to draw He put colors all over the paper For colors was what he saw And the teacher said, "What you doin' young man?" "I'm p

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

It was just after dark when the truck started down The hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas Carrying thirty thousand pounds Hit it big John Of bananas

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

My child arrived just the other day He came to the world in the usual way But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay He learned to walk while I was away And he was talkin' 'fore I knew it And as

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Mr. tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Midwest And of all the cleaning shops around he'd made his the best But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes He practiced scales while pres

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

I can see myself it's a golden sunrise Young boy open up your eyes It's supposed to be your day Now off you go horizon bound And you won't stop until you've found Your own kind of way And the wind wil

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

All my life's a circle, sunrise and sundown The moon rolls through the nighttime, till the daybreak comes around All my life's a circle but I can't tell you why The season's spinnin' round again the y

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Hey, she's actin' happy, inside her handsome home And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin' tips I got into town a little early Had eight hours to kill before the show First thought about heading up nort

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

I come fresh from the street Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy Not much meat on my bones And a whole lot alone, more than a little bit crazy And the old six-string, was all I had To keep my belly

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

There's a kid out on my corner hear him strumming like a fool Shivering in his dungarees but still he's going to school His cheeks are made of peach fuzz, his hopes may be the same But he's signed up

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

In the sixties I wrote about four hundred songs Before anybody even paid any attention And they, they fit into two categories They were my, my protest songs Which, I was known as Gaypin Chapin in thos

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

There you stand in your dungarees Looking all grown up and so very pleased When you write your poems they have so much to say When you speak your dreams it takes my breath away You know I want to be

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

It was an early morning bar room And the place just opened up And the little man come in so fast and it Started at his cups And the broad who served the whiskey She was a big old friendly girl And tr

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

When your daddy plays guitar You dance without a smile Kid you may not have great rhythm But you sure got style Just four years old and still it seems You've got it figured out When daddy sings and t

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart And he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen She said, "Go back to sleep son, you're

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

I've sung it all tonight Almost every story that I know And now when they turn out the spotlights I'm not sure where I'm supposed to go And I'm so hoarse, I can't hit the high notes It's just a whisp

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Dance band on the Titanic Sing Nearer, my God, to Thee The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me Mama stood cryin' at the dockside Sayin', "Please son, don't take this trip" I said,

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

He was crazy of course From the first she must have known it But still she went on with him And she never once had shown it And she took him off the streets And she dried his tears of grievin' She li

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Old John Joseph was a man with two first names They left him in the railroad yard when they took away the trains And only one run a week comes on roaring down that lane So, all he's got to worry 'bout

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

I came into town with a knapsack on my shoulder And a pocket full of stories that I just had to tell You know I've knocked around a bit And I've had my share of small town glories It's time to hit the